• Ognibene v. Parkes, 08 Civ. 1335

    Publication Date: 2009-02-17
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    Date Filed: 2009-02-06
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
    Judge: Laura Swain
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    Case Number: 08 Civ. 1335

    District Judge Laura Taylor Swain U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Appearances: By: Charles Capetanakis Davidoff, Malito & Hutc

  • December 12, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    Who Killed the Mass Torts Bonanza?

    The power of the plaintiffs bar is on the wane in this country, and will be for a long time to come. You won't hear many tort reformers admit it. They've done too good a job demonizing trial

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  • Cassirer v. Kingdom of Spain

    Publication Date: 2010-08-12
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    Date Filed: 2010-08-12
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart R. Dunwoody, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, Washington, for the plaintiff-appellee.
    for defendant: Thaddeus J. Stauber, (argued), Walter T. Johnson, Nixon Peabody LLP, Los Angeles, California, for defendants-appellants Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation. William M. Barron, Alston & Bird LLP, New York, New York; Anthony A. De Corso, Beck, De Corso, Daly, Kreindler & Harris, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellant Kingdom of Spain.

    Case Number: No. 06-56325

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 10292CLAUDE CASSIRER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v.KINGDOM OF SPAIN, a foreign state, Defendant,/p

  • August 6, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Forty Under Forty

    Each time we select 40 lawyers under age 40 we think have distinguished themselves, the faces look younger. It's an illusion, of course, the result of hyperopia brought about by the advancing years

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  • King v. Town of Wallkill

    Publication Date: 2004-03-01
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    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District
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    Plaintiff Kenneth King brings this action against defendants the Town of Wallkill (the "Town"), an incorporated municipality and: (1) Robert Henneman, the Town's former acting police chief; (2) Tho

  • People v. Zamani

    Publication Date: 2010-04-08
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    Date Filed: 2010-04-07
    Court: C.A. 6th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Respondent: Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General of the State of California; Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General; Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Stan Helfman, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Christopher J. Wei, Deputy Attorney General
    for defendant: Attorney for Appellant: Syda Kosofsky Under Appointment by the Sixth District Appellate Program

    Case Number: No. H032414

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 4390THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v.MICHAEL JAFFARI ZAMANI, Defendant and App

  • Clayworth v. Pfizer, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2010-07-12
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    Date Filed: 2010-07-12
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Appellant: Alioto Law Firm, Joseph M. Alioto, Joseph M. Alioto, Jr., Theresa D. Moore, Angelina Alioto-Grace, Thomas P. Pier; Law Offices of John H. Boone, John H. Boone; Foreman & Brasso, Russell F. Brasso; Law Offices of James M. Dombroski, James M. Dombroski; Law Offices of Jeffery K. Perkins, Jeffrey K. Perkins; Gary D. McCallister & Associates, Gary D. McCallister, Thomas A. Kelliher, Eric I. Unrein and Jaime Goldstein for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins, Pamela M. Parker; Schubert Jonckheer Kolbe & Kralowec and Kimberly A. Kralowec for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants. Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason, Craig C. Corbitt and Henry A. Cirillo for Pharmacists Planning Services, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent: Filice Brown Eassa & McLeod, Peter A. Strotz, Paul R. Johnson, William E. Steimle; Davis Polk & Wardwell, Ameila Starr, Arthur F. Golden, William J. Fenrich and Daniel J. Schwartz for Defendant and Respondent AstraZeneca LP. Winston & Strawn, Tyler M. Paetkau, Nicole P. Dogwill, James F. Hurst, Susan A. Pipal, Matthew J. Sullivan; Eimer Stahl Klevorn & Solberg, David M. Stahl, J. Cunyon Gordon and Adam Oyenbanji for Defendant and Respondent Abbott Laboratories. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Jeffrey T. Thomas and James N. Knight for Defendant and Respondent Allergan, Inc. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Mayer Brown, Donald M. Falk, John Nadolenco, Mack Anderson; Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Steven O. Kramer, John P. Stigi III; Hogan & Hartson and Joseph H. Young for Defendant and Respondent Amgen, Inc. Covington & Burling, Elizabeth Abigail Brown, Anita F. Stork, Theodore Voorhees, Jr., and Thomas J. Cosgrove for Defendant and Respondent Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Paul J. Riehle, Matthew A. Fischer; Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Evan R. Chesler, Elizabeth L. Grayer, Jessica Buturla and Jeffrey B. Korn for Defendant and Respondent Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Reed Smith, Michael Diane Floyd, Kirsten J. Handelman; Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, Gary Hansen, David Graham and Aaron Mills Scott for Defendant and Respondent Eli Lilly & Company. Irell & Manella, Alexander F. Wiles, John C. Keith; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, George S. Cary, Sara D. Schotland and David I. Gelfand for Defendant and Respondent GlaxoSmithKline PLC. Drinker Biddle & Reath, H. Christian L?Orange, Paul H. Saint-Antoine, Mary E. Kohart, David J. Antczak and Joanne C. Lewers for Defendant and Respondent Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Folger Levin & Kahn, Crowell & Moring, Beatrice Bich-Dao Nguyen, Samuel Ray Miller, Tracy E. Reichmuth, Cecilia C. Ogbu, Steven E. Wilson; Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, William Cavanaugh, Jr., and Cecilia B. Loving for Defendants and Respondents Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc., Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc., Ortho Biotech, Inc., and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Rita M. Haeusler, John M. Townsend, Scott H. Christensen, James A. Graffam; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Robert P. Reznick and David Goldstein for Defendant and Respondent Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. formerly known as Merck & Co., Inc. Kaye Scholer, Aton Arbisser, Bryant S. Delgadillo, Saul P. Morgenstern, Karin E. Garvey; Faegre & Benson, James A. O?Neal and Kim J. Walker for Defendant and Respondent Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. Nossaman, Gunther, Knox & Elliott, Nossaman, Scott DeVries, Katrina June Lee; Dickstein Shapiro, Peter J. Kadzik, Bernard Nash, Maria Colsey Heard, Milton Marquis and Andres Colin for Defendant and Respondent Pfizer Inc. Latham & Watkins, Charles H. Samel, Jennifer A. Carmassi, Margaret M. Zwisler, Steven H. Schulman and Belinda S. Lee for Defendant and Respondent Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. Arnold & Porter, Ronald C. Redcay, Douglas L. Wald, Mark R. Merley, Daniel R. Waldman, Anne P. Davis and Ryan Z. Watts for Defendant and Respondent Wyeth.

    Case Number: No. S166435

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 87895JAMES CLAYWORTH et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PFIZER, INC., et al., Def

  • Michael J. Raffe, Plaintiff v. American National Red Cross, American National Red Cross of Tompkins County, and Jennifer Yarbrough, Defendants, 5:08-cv-00211

    Publication Date: 2011-12-08
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Northern District
    Judge: District Judge Neal P. McCurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Edward E. Kopko, Esq., Wiggins & Kopko, LLP, Ithaca, NY.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants: Kenneth W. Digia, Esq., Eric B. Topel, Esq., Lauri Faith Rasnick, Esq., Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., New York, NY.

    Case Number: 5:08-cv-00211

    Cite as: Raffe v. American National Red Cross, 5:08-cv-00211, NYLJ 1202534605547, at *1 (NDNY, Decided November 30, 2011)District Judge Neal P. McCur

  • MacKay v. Superior Court (21st Century Insurance Company)

    Publication Date: 2010-10-06
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-06
    Court: C.A. 2nd
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani and Drew E. Pomerance; Goshgarian & Marshall, Mark Goshgarian and Merak Eskigian for Petitioners, Amber Mackay, an Individual, on behalf of the General Public; and Jacqueline Leacy, an Individual, on behalf of the General Public. Kabateck Brown Kellner and Brian S. Kabateck for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners MacKay et al.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent.

    Case Number: No. B220469

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 12914AMBER MACKAY et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respond

  • Combs v. Texas Entertainment Association, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2009-06-09
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    Date Filed: 2009-06-05
    Court: Tex. App. Dist. 3
    Judge: Diane M. Henson, Justice
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    Case Number: 03-08-00213-CV

    OPINIONThe Comptroller of Public Accounts and the Attorney General of the State of Texas*fn1 appeal the trial court's judgment in a suit for declaratory and injunc